Old Testament 2 Lesson 6

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Joab was not there when all of this took place, because he and his men had fought and won a battle. When he came in from the battle and found out that Abner had been there and made a league with David, he was very angry. Although Abner had killed Asahel in self-defence, Joab was ready to take revenge upon him for killing his brother. Joab sent messengers after Abner to bring him secretly to the gate of Hebron. Then he took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him under the fifth rib, so that he died (II Samuel 3:19-27). When David heard about it, he refused to take any of the blame. He said: ...I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fall from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread — II Samuel 3:28-29 Then David commanded Joab and all the people to tear their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David himself followed the casket to the burial, and wept at the grave, saying: ...Died Abner as a fool dieth? Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou... — II Samuel 3:33-34 David refused to eat the rest of the day until the sun went down. The people all understood that David had no plans to slay Abner. David told his servants, “Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? And I am this day weak, though anointed king...” (II Samuel 3: 38-39). When Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead, he felt helpless and weak. Abner had been the captain of his armies, and had helped set him up as king of Israel. In fact, “all the Israelites were troubled” (I Samuel 4:1). Two brothers, Baanah and Rechab, who were Benjamites, were convinced that David would soon reign over all Israel, so they decided to do something to win David’s approval. They were captains of raiding bands, and had access to the king’s house. They came in the heat of the day when the king was resting, pretending they had come to fetch wheat. Instead, they killed Ishbosheth, cut off his head, and travelling all night, brought it to David, expecting his praise. 53
And David answered...As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? — II Samuel 4:9-11 Then David commanded his young men to slay them, and their hands and feet were cut off and hung up over the pool of Hebron. The head of Saul’s son, Ishbosheth, was buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron (II Samuel 4:12). Then, all the tribes of Israel came to Hebron and spoke to David: ...Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel — II Samuel 5:1-2 Then all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a league with them before the Lord. David was anointed king over all Israel. He was thirty years old when he began to reign, a reign that lasted for forty years. He reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel thirty-three years (II Samuel 5:3-5). VOCABULARY adversary — enemy competitor — league — reconciliation — sepulchre — a person who competes or contends with another an agreement made by nations or people the act of being brought together again a vault or chamber for burial, a tomb 54
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